The two-point question — unwritten apostolic necessities vs equal-authority tradition
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The whole question therefore turns on two points.
First: Did the Apostles teach or institute necessary things not sufficiently contained in sacred Scripture?
Second: Can apostolic teaching and institutes be had with certainty and infallibility from somewhere other than Scripture — namely from the tradition of post-apostolic Church doctors, owed equal faith-obedience with Scripture itself?
XXIV. Adeoque tota haec quaestio in duobus versatur. Unum est, an Apostoli quaedam necessaria docuerint aut instituerint, quae non sint sufficienter in sacris literis contenta. Alterum, an Apostolorum documenta & instituta aliunde certo & infallibiliter peti & haberi possint, quam ex Scriptura sacra, nempe ex traditione Doctorum Ecclesiae qui Apostolos secuti sunt, cui par obsequium fidei debeatur atque ipsi Scripturae sacrae. Utrumque affirmant Doctores Ecclesiae Romanae: Theologi vero omnes Orthodoxi utrumque negant.